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Stainer Weston was transported on the Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Mary Ann, Matilda, Salamander And William And Ann, departing 31st Dec 1790 and arriving 9th Jul 1791 with 1265 passengers.
The Third Fleet consisted of 11 Vessels. Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Gorgon, Mary Ann, Matilda, Queen (from Ireland) Salamander and William and Ann. These vessels were provided by a private company; Camden, Calvert and King to ship convicts to the colony.
Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Mary Ann, Matilda, Salamander And William And Ann (generic)References
| Primary Source | Indent for Salamander |
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Indent for Salamander Edward Johnson, Stainer Weston, Benjamin Pale, Samuel Tree, and Thomas Miller, tried at Old Bailey, London, 22 Oct 1788, 7 years. The name Thomas Miller has been crossed out. --------------------------------------------------------------- Tried at Old Bailey 22 Oct 1788. 616. STANERÂ WESTONÂ was indicted for stealing, on the 19th of September , one silver table-spoon, value 5 s. the property of Dorothy Wright . RICHARD WRIGHT sworn. The prisoner came to our house; the Four Swans, in Bishopsgate-street ; it was in the morning, about ten; he said, he was to wait for his master till the next morning; that his master was going by the Colchester coach; he dined at our house. DOROTHY WRIGHT sworn. I can only prove the property; on the 19th of September, just after dinner, between two and three, we lost a spoon; the prisoner had not been gone out above five minutes, before the spoon was missed; I sent the boot-cleaner, William Rowney , after the prisoner, who brought him back; I saw the spoon after it was taken from the prisoner, and given to Baker. MARGARET SUTHERLAND sworn. The prisoner came to our house on the 19th; and said, he was to stay for his master; after dinner he went to wash his hands in the wash-house, where there were two silver spoons; he then went out, and about five minutes after, I missed one of the spoons. WILLIAM ROWNEY sworn. I went after the prisoner, and took him in the Minories; I told him, he had not paid for his dinner; he said, he knew what I was coming for; when we got back, he asked me to take the spoon; I said, no, you had better deliver it up yourself; he said, he had taken the spoon to sell, to buy him a pair of breeches; the constable was sent for; and I saw the spoon given to Mr. Baker. - BAKER sworn. The prisoner confessed his having stole the spoon, and he delivered it to me, at Mrs. Wrights; I gave it to the constable. A CONSTABLE sworn. I have had the spoon ever since. (The spoon produced and deposed to.) PRISONER's DEFENCE. I found the spoon. JOHN BELL sworn. I am a waterman; the boy is an apprentice to a waterman and lighterman ; he is seventeen years of age; he is a distressed lad; he has an estate of a hundred and fifty pounds a year; and the executor will do nothing for him. GUILTY . Transported for seven years . Tried by the London Jury before Mr. RECORDER.